Built in 1616 in the Late Classical Ottoman style, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is one of Turkey’s most marvelous architectural structures. The historic mosque is located in Istanbul and is a popular tourist site along with being a functioning mosque. Popularly known as the Blue Mosque, the site houses the tomb of Sultan Ahmed, an Islamic educational institution as well as a hospice. Visitors will be able to see beautiful aspects of the mosque such as lush red carpets, the hand-painted blue tiles on the interior walls, and the mosques six minarets, five domes, and eight secondary domes. Another unique aspect of the mosque is its beautiful call to prayer, which can be heard five times a day.

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